Beyond the Rating: Building Trust & Transparency with Charity Navigator
Beyond the Rating: Building Trust & Transparency with Charity Navigator
Presented by Your Part-Time Controller
Your nonprofit’s charity rating is more than a score. It is a public reflection of trust, transparency, and financial stewardship.
Join Jennifer Alleva of YPTC and Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator, for a conversation about how nonprofit ratings work, how donors and stakeholders use them, and what organizations can do to strengthen their ratings readiness. Learn how accurate data, clear financial reporting, and proactive management contribute to a stronger public profile and greater stakeholder confidence ahead of Charity Navigator's November ratings release.
Who Should Attend: Nonprofit leaders, finance professionals, and board members seeking to better understand Charity Navigator ratings and strengthen their organization's ratings readiness.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how Charity Navigator evaluates nonprofit organizations and communicates ratings information to the public.
- Identify practical steps organizations can take to strengthen ratings readiness, transparency, and stakeholder confidence.
Participants will earn 1.0 CPE credit in Specialized Knowledge.
To receive credit, attendees must respond to three out of the four poll questions asked during the program. Once registered, you will automatically receive access to the webcast recording, slides, and, if you qualified for CPE, have the ability to download your certificate.
Additional Information
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this program.
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Overview
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Refunds and Cancellations: There is no fee to attend this program. In the rare event that YPTC needs to cancel the webinar due to circumstances beyond our control, all registrants will be notified via email and provided with alternative dates the program will be offered. For more information regarding refund, complaint, and program cancellation policies, please visit https://www.yptc.com/training-policies/
Your Part-Time Controller, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
Speakers:
Jennifer Alleva
Chief Executive Officer, Your Part-Time Controller, LLC (YPTC)
Jennifer Alleva is the Chief Executive Officer at Your Part-Time Controller, LLC (YPTC), a leading provider of nonprofit accounting and financial management services, a Top 100 Firm, and #1 on Accounting Today’s list of Best Firms to Work For. Jennifer brings over three decades of expertise in accounting and leadership to her role as CEO of YPTC. When Jennifer joined YPTC in 2003, the firm consisted of just over 10 staff members. Since then, she has helped develop YPTC into one of the fastest-growing accounting firms in the country. Jennifer’s accomplishments include her tenure as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute, her frequent speaking engagements on nonprofit financial management issues, and her role as the founder of the Women in Nonprofit Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. In addition, from 2021-2024, she hosted the Mission Business Podcast, which spotlighted professionals and narratives from the nonprofit sector.
Michael Thatcher
President & CEO, Charity Navigator
Michael Thatcher leads Charity Navigator in its efforts to make impactful philanthropy easier for all by increasing the breadth and depth of evaluation methodologies to facilitate ratings coverage of substantially larger numbers of charities and expand how the information engages new and existing audiences. Prior to joining Charity Navigator Michael spent more than fifteen years with Microsoft, the last ten of which, as their Public-Sector Chief Technology Officer responsible for technology policy initiatives and engagements with governments and academic leaders in Asia, the Middle-East and Africa. Michael's eclectic background includes years at sea conducting oceanographic research with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, composing music and dancing internationally as the co-founder and co-director of Dance Music Light. He has held various board positions within the nonprofit and tech sector, holds several patents in enterprise systems management and has a degree in Music from Columbia University in New York. His guiding mantra: Follow your heart - Use your head - Make a difference.
